YEREVAN, DECEMBER 28, ARMENPRESS: ValթԹ.rie Boyer representative of թԹ թԹ Bouches-du-RhթԹԲne department and member of the Union for a Popular Movement has presented to French Parliament a new draft law on criminalizing the denial of Armenian Genocide. As reports Armenpress referring to թ§Չ-ժAzatutyunթ§Չ-Թ radio station, the draft law which was noted by French National Assembly presidency on December 19, suggests corresponding amendments to the 1881 Law on Freedom of the Press, thus establishing legal basis of struggle against the fact of racism and Armenian Genocide.
ValթԹ.rie Boyerթ§Չ-Չ§s draft low was accepted by two chambers of French Parliaments last year therefore then was declared unconstitutional by the Constitutional Council. The new draft also offers a one-year imprisonment or a fine of 45 thousand euros for crimes against humanity, including genocide denial.
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